CA Spectrum QoS Manager

User Guide
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction 7
About Quality of Service (QoS) Manager ........................................................ 7 Access the QoS Manager Interface .............................................................. 8 Model Types ................................................................................... 8 Search Options ................................................................................ 9

Chapter 2: QoS Manager Configuration

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Access Configuration Parameters .............................................................. 11 QoS Manager Models ......................................................................... 11 Management Configuration .................................................................... 12 Traffic Class Percent Dropped Thresholds....................................................... 13 QoS Manager Traffic Behavior Alarm Thresholds ................................................ 13

Chapter 3: QoS Manager Discovery and Modeling

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Device Discovery ............................................................................. 15 Reconfigure a QoS Device ..................................................................... 15 Run an On-Demand QoS Discovery ............................................................ 16 Filter Traffic Class Names During Discovery ................................................. 16 QoS Manager Model Naming Convention.................................................... 17 Change Policy and Class Model Names ..................................................... 18 Run QOS Discovery on Selected Models ........................................................ 18 Configuring QOS Discovery During Modeling .................................................... 19

Chapter 4: Model Types

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QoS Policy Models ............................................................................ 21 Traffic Class Collection Models ................................................................. 22 Traffic Class Models ........................................................................... 23 Behavior Models .............................................................................. 24 QoS Alarms .................................................................................. 25 QoS Conditions ............................................................................... 26 QoS Performance ............................................................................. 27 View Traffic Class Performance Graphs ..................................................... 28 Behavior Model Performance............................................................... 28

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Index

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Chapter 1: Introduction
This section contains the following topics: About Quality of Service (QoS) Manager (see page 7) Access the QoS Manager Interface (see page 8) Model Types (see page 8) Search Options (see page 9)

About Quality of Service (QoS) Manager

QoS Manager facilitates IP fault and performance management of networks configured for Quality of Service. The IP data networks are used for services such as Voice Over IP (VoIP), order processing, video conferences, and broadcasts. The engineers can enable QoS on routers to cater to the performance needs of these services. The QoS Manager performs the following tasks: Provides visibility of the health and performance of QoS traffic classes across the network. Automatically discovers QoS classes and policies created on your network and maps them to the associated physical routers and interfaces. Creates models representing each QoS policy, QoS traffic class, and QoS behavior. Creates traffic class collections so you can view all identical traffic class models implemented on devices across the landscape.

QoS Manager also lets you drill down to the per-class statistics such as packet drops, queue size, and pre-policy rates. You can view the individual performance statistics based on the QoS configuration type. The QOS Manager User guide explains how to configure, discover, and manage the QoS elements of your network. Note: Only Cisco devices that feature CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS MIB are supported.

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Access the QoS Manager Interface

Access the QoS Manager Interface

You can access the QoS Manager interface through the OneClick Console. To access the QoS Manager Interface 1. Launch the OneClick console from the OneClick homepage The OneClick Navigation panel displays. 2. Expand the appropriate landscape in the Explorer tab and select QOS Manager. The Qos Manager interface appears. Note: For information on using the OneClick Console, see the Operator Guide.

Model Types
The following model types are available in the hierarchical view of the QoS Manager interface: QosManager Identifies the specific QoS Manager installation for a CA Spectrum landscape. Use this model type to configure alarm thresholds, launch QoS Discovery, and enable performance and report functionality. Note: You need administrator privileges to use these configuration options. QosPolicy Defines the QoS policies that are set on your network. You can view general information, associated devices, and associated traffic classes of these models. QosClassCollection Lets you view all identical traffic class models across devices on your network. You can view general information, associated devices, and associated traffic classes of these models.

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Search Options

QosTrafficClass Identifies the traffic classes that are defined on your network. You can view general information, associated devices, and associated behaviors of these models. Behavior Represents the behaviors per each hop defined on your network. There are four behavior model types: QosQueueing, QosRandomDetect, QosPolicing, and QosTrafficShaping. You can view the general information and performance statistics of these model types. The following diagram shows the QoS Manager navigation hierarchy:

Search Options
The following search options are available on the OneClick Locater tab: All Behaviors Finds all QoS behaviors defined on selected landscapes. All QoS Managers Finds all QoS Manager models. All QoS Policy Models Finds all QoS policies defined on selected landscapes. All QoS Services Currently, this search is not enabled.

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Search Options

All Traffic Class Collections Finds all Traffic Class Collection models defined on selected landscapes. All Traffic Classes Finds all Traffic Class models defined on selected landscapes. Behavior By Finds Behavior models by behavior, interface, name, or router. QoS Policy By Finds QoS Policy models by behavior, interface, name, or router. Traffic Class By Finds Traffic Class models by behavior, interface, name, or router. Note: For more information on the Locater tab and performing a search, see the Operator Guide.

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Chapter 2: QoS Manager Configuration

This section contains the following topics: Access Configuration Parameters (see page 11) QoS Manager Models (see page 11) Management Configuration (see page 12) Traffic Class Percent Dropped Thresholds (see page 13) QoS Manager Traffic Behavior Alarm Thresholds (see page 13)

Access Configuration Parameters

The QoS Manager configuration parameters are provided in the Component Detail panel of the QoS Manager model. The Component Detail panel has three sections: General Information Configuration Traffic Behavior Alarm Thresholds

You should review these configuration parameters before you begin working with the QoS Manager to help ensure that the QoS Manager is set up to meet your network management needs. Note: You need administrator privileges to make configuration changes.

QoS Manager Models

The following information can be accessed from the Information tab in the Component Detail panel for each QoS Manager model: General Information Displays the following general information about traffic class: Model Class Indicates the model class for the QoS Manager model. Note: For more information on a model type's model class, see the Concepts Guide.

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Management Configuration

Creation Time Indicates the date and time that this QoS Manager model was created. Security String Indicates the security string for the QoS Manager model. If you have the required privileges, you can modify the security string by clicking Set, entering the security string into the available field, and clicking Save. Notes Indicates the notes available for the QoS Manager. If you have the required privileges, you can add notes by clicking Set, entering the notes into the available field, and clicking Save.

Management Configuration
The Configuration section has the following parameters: Enable Port Polling Determines if the ports on a QoS-enabled device are polled. Default: Yes Enable Performance Alarms Lets you enable or disable the generation of performance alarms. Performance alarms are generated when a threshold defined in a Behavior model's Performance Component Detail has been violated. Default: Yes Enable Device Alarms Enables or disables the generation of alarms on QoS-enabled devices. Default: Yes Enable Statistic Polling Enables the Performance Collection system. Default: No

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Traffic Class Percent Dropped Thresholds

Statistic Polling Interval Controls how frequently statistical information is obtained for use in performance calculations. However, this polling interval will have no effect unless Enable Statistic Polling is set to Yes. Default: 300 Log Statistics to File Enables you to send the performance statistics to a log file. No statistics will be captured and logged unless the Enable Statistic Polling parameter is set to Yes. Default: True Minutes Per Log File Cycle Specifies how often a new log file is created. No statistics can be logged unless the enable Statistic Polling parameter is set to Yes. The frequency at which statistics are written to the log file is defined by the Statistic Polling Interval described above.

Traffic Class Percent Dropped Thresholds

The Traffic Class Percent Dropped Thresholds section lets you define the critical threshold, major threshold, and minor threshold for violations based on percentage of packets dropped in any traffic class. These thresholds indicate when critical, major, and minor alarms will be generated on a traffic class model. The default values are as follows: Five percent for a critical alarm Three percent for a major alarm One percent for a minor alarm

QoS Manager Traffic Behavior Alarm Thresholds

The Traffic Behavior Alarm Thresholds section lets you set the critical threshold, major threshold, and minor threshold for each type of traffic behavior, including policing percent dropped, queueing percent dropped, random early detect percent dropped, and traffic shaping percent dropped.

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QoS Manager Traffic Behavior Alarm Thresholds

Each threshold sets percentage level of packets dropped that will cause a specific level of alarm. The default values are as follows: Five percent for a critical alarm Three percent for a major alarm One percent for a minor alarm

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Chapter 3: QoS Manager Discovery and Modeling

This section contains the following topics: Device Discovery (see page 15) Reconfigure a QoS Device (see page 15) Run an On-Demand QoS Discovery (see page 16) Run QOS Discovery on Selected Models (see page 18) Configuring QOS Discovery During Modeling (see page 19)

Device Discovery
CA Spectrum discovers and models the physical network infrastructure through OneClick Discovery, AutoDiscovery, manual modeling, or the Modeling Gateway. Before using QoS Discovery, you need to model the physical components of your network in CA Spectrum using one of these methods. Note: Only Cisco devices that feature CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS MIB are supported. For instructions on using these mechanisms to model your network, see the Certification User Guide, Administrator Guide, and the Modeling Gateway Toolkit Guide.

Reconfigure a QoS Device

If any of the QoS devices on your network were modeled before installing QoS Manager, you need to run the Reconfigure Model command on each of these models. Reconfiguration creates the CiscoCBQoSApp model, which supports the CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS MIB. This application provides necessary information to the QoS Manager. To reconfigure a QoS device 1. 2. 3. Select the device model on the Contents panel. Expand the Reconfiguration option on the Information tab in the Component Detail panel. Click the Reconfigure Model button. The QoS application model is created for the device.

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Run an On-Demand QoS Discovery

Run an On-Demand QoS Discovery

Use the QoS Discovery feature to discover and model the QoS policies, traffic classes, and behaviors defined on your network. Note: If a QoS network element discovered and modeled by the QoS Manager is deleted from the network configuration, you should manually remove it from the modeled QoS hierarchy. It is not automatically removed by QoS Manager. To run QoS Discovery 1. 2. 3. 4. Select the QoS Manager model in the Explorer. Select the Information tab in the Component Detail panel. Select the Configuration option in the Component Detail panel. Select the QoS Discovery option and click Run. The status bar indicates that the discovery is running. Once the discovery is complete, this bar returns to an idle status. Note: You need administrator privileges to run QoS Discovery. More information: Filter Traffic Class Names During Discovery (see page 16)

Filter Traffic Class Names During Discovery

The QoS Manager lets you filter the Traffic Class during Discovery run. To filter the Traffic Class 1. 2. Select QoS Manager in the Explorer tab. Select the Information tab in the Contents panel. The configuration options for QoS Manager display.

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Run an On-Demand QoS Discovery

3.

Expand the QoS Discovery subview. The Discovery options are available, including these options: Traffic Class Filter Type Determines if the Traffic Class in the 'Traffic Class Filter' field are included or excluded from modeling. Options include the following: Exclusive Inclusive

Traffic Class Filter Lists the Traffic Classes to be included or excluded when the QoS Discovery is run. This field is used together with the 'Traffic Class Filter Type' field. Note: The Traffic Classes are not filtered and saved if you do not add them in the Traffic Class Filter. So, even if the Traffic Class Filter Type is inclusive and the Traffic Class Filter is empty, all Traffic Classes are discovered. More information: Run an On-Demand QoS Discovery (see page 16)

QoS Manager Model Naming Convention

During QoS Discovery, the QoS Manager assigns model names to policy, class collection, traffic class, and behavior models using the following conventions: QoS Policy models: <xxx>_QosPolicy where <xxx> is the policy name assigned by the user who created the policy in the device's IOS Configuration. Traffic Class Collection models: <xxx>_Class where <xxx> is the name of the traffic class assigned by the user who configured it. Traffic Class models:<xxx>_<DeviceModelName> where <xxx> is the name of the traffic class assigned by the user who configured it and <DeviceModelName> is the device model name the user assigned to the device model using the traffic class.

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Run QOS Discovery on Selected Models

Behavior models: Behavior models can be one of the following: Queuing Behavior Models: Q <Bandwidth Units> <DeviceModelName> where <Bandwidth Units> is the units of bandwidth used for queuing and <DeviceModelName> is the device model name the user assigned to the device model using the traffic class. RED Behavior Models: RED_<ParentModelName> where <ParentModelName> is the name of the parent traffic class model. Policing Behavior Models: Policing <Rate> <DeviceModelName> where <Rate> is the assigned policing rate and <DeviceModelName> is the device model name the user assigned to the device model using the traffic class. Traffic Shaping Behavior Models: TrafShaping <Rate> <DeviceModelName> where <Rate> is the assigned traffic shaping rate and <DeviceModelName> is the device model name the user assigned to the device model using the traffic class.

Change Policy and Class Model Names

You can change the default name assigned to a policy or class model. To change the default name of a policy or class model 1. 2. 3. Click the set link next to the model name on the Information tab. Enter the new model name in the text box provided. Press the Enter key on your keyboard. The default name is changed.

Run QOS Discovery on Selected Models

You can configure the QOS Network Services Discovery from the OneClick views that display models. To run QOS Network Services Discovery on selected models 1. 2. Select the models. Click Tools, Utilities, Network Services Discoveries, QOS Discovery. The Discovery process is initiated. You can check the status in the Configuration subview.

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Configuring QOS Discovery During Modeling

Configuring QOS Discovery During Modeling

CA Spectrum lets you configure Network Services Discoveries, including QOS, during modeling. As a part of modeling configuration, you can specify which network service discoveries to run with the modeling process. Note: For more information, see the Modeling and Managing Your IT Infrastructure Administrator Guide.

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Chapter 4: Model Types

This section contains the following topics: QoS Policy Models (see page 21) Traffic Class Collection Models (see page 22) Traffic Class Models (see page 23) Behavior Models (see page 24) QoS Alarms (see page 25) QoS Conditions (see page 26) QoS Performance (see page 27)

QoS Policy Models

The following information can be accessed from the Information tab in the Component Detail panel for each QoS policy model. General Information Displays the following general information about a QoS policy model: Condition Defines the condition of the QoS policy model, which reflects the alarms that may be present on the model. Entity Condition Indicates the calculated value of the model condition, which is based on the models that make up the QoS policy. Model Class Specifies the model class of the QoS policy model. Policy ID Indicates the policy identifier defined when the policy was created. Policy Type Indicates the policy type selected when the policy was created. Security String Defines the security string for this model. To change this value, click Set and enter the changes you want to make in the field provided. You must have administrator privileges to make changes to this field.

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Traffic Class Collection Models

Landscape Defines the CA Spectrum landscape on which the policy exists. Description Defines the description entered when the policy was created. Associated Devices Displays a table that shows all the devices that use this policy. Associated Traffic Classes Displays a table that shows all the traffic classes that are affiliated with this policy.

Traffic Class Collection Models

The following information can be accessed from the Information tab in the Component Detail panel for each traffic class collection model. General Information Displays the following general information about a traffic class collection model: Condition Defines the condition of the traffic class collection model. This condition reflects the alarms that may be present on the model. Entity Condition Indicates the calculated value of the model condition, which is based on the models that make up the traffic class collection. Traffic ID Indicates the identifier defined when the traffic class collection was created. It uniquely identifies this traffic class collection. Model Class Defines the model class of the traffic class collection model. Security String Defines the security string for this model. To change this value, click Set and enter the changes you want to make in the field provided. You must have administrator privileges to make changes to this field. Landscape Defines the CA Spectrum landscape on which this traffic class collection exists.

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Traffic Class Models

Description Indicates the description entered for this traffic class collection when it was defined. Associated Devices Displays a table that lists all of the devices that use the traffic classes contained in this traffic class collection. Associated Traffic Classes Displays a table that lists all of the traffic class models that make up this collection.

Traffic Class Models

The following information can be accessed from the Information tab in the Component Detail panel for each traffic class model. General Information Displays the following general information about a traffic class model: Condition Defines the condition of the traffic class model. This condition reflects the alarms that may be present on the model. Entity Condition Indicates the calculated value of the model condition, which is based on the models that make up the traffic class. Model Class Defines the model class of the traffic class model. Traffic ID Indicates the identifier defined when the traffic class was created. It uniquely identifies this traffic class. This is made up of the traffic class collection ID and the IP address of the interface that implements this traffic class. Security String Defines the security string for this model. To change this value, click Set and enter the changes you want to make in the field provided. You must have administrator privileges to make changes to this field. Landscape Defines the CA Spectrum landscape on which this traffic class exists.

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Behavior Models

Match Statement Defines the match statement defined for this traffic class. A match statement defines specific match criteria to identify packets for classification purposes. Description Indicates the description entered when this traffic class was created. Drop Rate Specifies the rate of packets dropped aggregated across all interfaces supporting this traffic class. No Buffer Drops Indicates the drop packet count, aggregated across all interfaces supporting this traffic class, which occurred due to a lack of SRAM buffers during output processing on this interface. Associated Devices Displays a table that lists all of the devices that use this traffic class. Associated Behaviors Displays a table that lists all of the behaviors that are applied to this traffic class.

Behavior Models
The following information can be accessed from the Information tab in the Component Detail panel for each behavior model. General Information Displays the following general information about a Behavior model: Condition Defines the condition of the Behavior model. This condition reflects the alarms that may be present on the model. Entity Condition Indicates the calculated value of the model condition, which is based on the interface models that use the behavior. Model Class Indicates the model class of the Behavior model. Security String Defines the security string for this model. To change this value, click Set and enter the changes you want to make in the field provided. You must have administrator privileges to make changes to this field.

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QoS Alarms

Behavior ID Indicates the identifier defined when the behavior was defined. It uniquely identifies this behavior. Landscape Defines the CA Spectrum landscape on which this behavior exists. Performance See Behavior Model Performance (see page 28) for the parameters provided in this selection.

QoS Alarms
QoS Manager generates alarms based on the configuration parameters you define. These alarms help define the status or condition of each of the modeled QoS components. You can set a critical, major, and minor threshold for each type of behavior and traffic class model. Each threshold sets percentage level of packets dropped that will cause a specific level of alarm. You can also enable the generation of alarms on QoS-enabled device models by setting the Enable Device Alarms parameter in the QoS Policy Manager model's Management Configuration to yes. The QoS Manager also generates alarms if there are problems logging statistical data. The QoS Manager generates the following alarms: 0x4b30401 Defines the alarm generated on a QoS-enabled device model if one of the QoS Components exceeds a defined threshold. 0x4b30506 Defines the alarm generated on a behavior or traffic class model if the threshold set for a critical alarm is violated. 0x4b3050a Defines the alarm generated on a behavior or traffic class model when the threshold set for a minor alarm is violated.

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QoS Conditions

0x4b30000 Indicates that the statistics log file could not be opened for writing. Because of this, at least one polling cycle's statistics will not be logged. This data is needed by other applications to determine the status of the network. 0x4b30001 Indicates that the statistics log file could not be closed. This may cause the statistical data to be lost and unused by other applications that may need it.

QoS Conditions
QoS Manager uses the QoS Condition Rollup algorithm to determine the entity condition of policy, traffic class collection, traffic class, and behavior models. The following diagram illustrates the QoS Condition Rollup algorithm:

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QoS Performance

The conditions are as follows: Policy Is computed based on the status of the Class Collections contained in the policy. The condition of the Policy model is the worst condition found among all of the Traffic Class models monitored by the policy. Traffic Class Collection Is based on the status of the Traffic Class models contained in the collection. QoS Manager finds the condition that exists on the highest percentage of traffic classes contained in the collection. This predominant condition becomes the condition of the Traffic Class Collection model. For example, if 45 percent of the traffic class models in the collection had a green condition, 10 percent had a red condition, and 20 percent had an orange condition, and 25 percent had a yellow condition, the condition of the collection would be green. Traffic Class Is based on the status of the Behavior models that are associated with the Traffic Class model. The condition of the traffic class model is the worst condition, or worst case found amongst all of the Behavior models in the traffic class. Behavior Is determined by the thresholds settings defined in QoS Manager traffic behavior alarm thresholds. These thresholds watch the percentage of dropped packets on a device for each specific service (queueing, random early detection, policing, or shaping) and designate what percentage level will generate a critical, major, and minor alarm condition. The percentage measurement used for these thresholds is derived from the average percentage of packets dropped for a particular service across all interfaces of the device. The percentage of packets dropped on each interface is equal to the worst percentage drop for a particular type of service on an interface.

QoS Performance
QoS Manager presents performance analysis information at both the traffic class and behavior level. In order for any of these statistics to be available, you must set the Enable Statistic Polling to Yes and set a value for the Statistic Polling Interval. These parameters can be found in the QoS Policy Manager model's Management Configuration.

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QoS Performance

View Traffic Class Performance Graphs

For each traffic class model, you can access graphed performance analysis based on Packet Drops and Pre-Policy Rate. The statistics for the graphs are derived from values in the CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS MIB. To view traffic class performance graphs 1. 2. 3. Click the appropriate traffic class model in the OneClick Navigator. Click the Performance tab in the Component Detail panel. Select a graph from the drop-down list. The performance graph displays.

Behavior Model Performance

Performance information is available for each behavior model. The performance statistics provided depend on the type of service monitored by the behavior. These types of services are: queueing shaping policing random early detection

The statistics are derived from values in the individual service's Configuration and Statistics tables in the CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS MIB. Note: The statistics provided for queueing (Mean Queue Depth), random early detection (Mean Queue Size), and shaping (Current Queue Size) are averages of the values gathered from each interface passing traffic for the given the service on the device. All other statistics are totals of values gathered from each interface passing traffic for the given service on the device. Each behavior model has two ways to access performance information. The first method is to access the Information tab in the behavior model's Component Detail panel. This tab has a selection called Performance, which displays different statistics depending on the type of service the behavior model monitors. The data in this section does not refresh dynamically. To refresh the data, click the Refresh button. This section also shows the critical, major, and minor percent violation thresholds for the behavior. These thresholds are set in the section QoS Manager traffic behavior alarm thresholds.

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In addition, you can display the behavior model's performance information graphically by choosing the Performance tab in the behavior model's Component Detail panel. The graphs depend on the type of service the behavior model monitors. The data in these graphs refreshes dynamically.

Queueing Behavior Models

The following performance statistics are available on the Information tab for a queueing behavior model: Configured Bandwidth Indicates the configured bandwidth allocated to this traffic class. Total Discarded Packets Indicates the number of packets, associated with this class, that were dropped by queueing. Average Queue Depth Indicates the average queue depth in packets. This is an average of an average, because each value averaged by this statistic is based on the average queue depth for each interface. The following performance graphs are available on the Performance tab for a queueing behavior model: Queue Depth Displays the value of the Average Queue Depth statistic over time. Discard Rate Displays the value of the Total Discarded Packets statistic over time.

Shaping Behavior Models

The following statistics are available in the Performance section of the Information tab for a shaping behavior model: Configured Burst Size Indicates the amount of traffic, in bits, in excess of the committed traffic-shaping rate that is instantaneously permitted. Configured Extended Burst Size Indicates the amount of traffic, in bits, in excess of the burst limit, which may be conditionally permitted. Configured Traffic Shaping Rate Displays the current adaptive traffic shaping rate. Total Delayed Packets Displays the total number of packets delayed.

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QoS Performance

Total Dropped Packets Displays the total number of packets dropped. Average Queue Size Displays the traffic shaping queue depth in packets. Note that this is actually an average of an average, since each value averaged by this statistic is based on the average queue size for each interface. The following performance graphs are available in the Performance tab for a shaping behavior model: Queue Size Displays the value of the Average Queue Size statistic over time. Delays and Drops Displays the values of the Total Delayed Packets and Total Dropped Packets statistics over time.

Policing Behavior Models

The following statistics are available in the Performance section of the Information tab for a policing behavior model: Configured Burst Size Indicates the amount of traffic, in bytes, in excess of the committed policing rate that is permitted. Configured Extended Burst Size Indicates the amount of traffic, in bytes, in excess of the burst limit, which may be conditionally permitted by the policing feature. The probability that the traffic is not permitted increases as the received burst size increases. Configured Policing Rate Indicates the committed policing rate. This is the sustained rate permitted by policing. Total Exceeded Packets Indicates the number of packets treated as non-conforming by the policing service. Total Violated Packets Indicates the number of packets treated as violated by the policing service. The Violated and Exceeded Packets graph is available in the Performance tab for a policing behavior model. This graph shows the values of the Total Exceeded Packets and the Total Violated Packets over time.

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Random Early Detection Behavior Models

The following statistics are available in the Performance section of the Information tab for a random early detection behavior model: Configured Decay Factor Indicates the decay factor for the queue average calculation. The decay factor is equal to raising 2 to the power of N, where N could be up to 16. The smaller the number, the faster the decay. Configured Mean Queue Size Indicates the configured average queue size computed and used by the WRED algorithm. Mean Queue Size Indicates the average queue size computed and used by the WRED algorithm. Total Random Drops Indicates the number of packets dropped when the number of packets in the associated queue was greater than the minimum configured threshold and less than the maximum configured threshold. Total Tail Drops Indicates the number of packets dropped when the number of packets in the associated queue was greater than the maximum configured threshold. The Mean Queue Size and Drops graph is available in the Performance tab for a random early detection behavior model. This graph shows the Mean Queue Size, Total Random Drops, and Total Tail Drops over time.

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Index
A
accessing configuration parameters 11 QoS Manager interface 8 alarms 25 AutoDiscovery 15

Q
QoS devices 15 QoS Discovery 16 QoS Manager about 7 interface 8 model naming convention 17 Qos policy models 21 Qos policy type 21 queueing behavior models 29

B
behavior model 24

C
changing class model name 18 policy name 18 CiscoCBQoSApp model 15 CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS MIB 7, 15, 28 condition rollup algorithm 26

R
random early detection behavior models 31

S
search options 9 shaping behavior models 29 statistic polling interval 27

D
device discovery 15

T
thresholds 13, 26 traffic class collection models 22 traffic class models 23 traffic class performance graphs 28

F
filter traffic class 16

M
management configuration 12, 27 manual modeling 15 modeling gateway 15 models behavior type 24 policing behavior type 30 queueing behavior type 29 random early detection behavior type 31 shaping behavior type 29 traffic class collection type 22 traffic class type 23 types of 8

O
OneClick Discovery 15

P
performance analysis 27 policing behavior models 30

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